Searching the Catalog
- Transy Library Quick Search (catalog) This link opens in a new window
The Transylvania Library Catalog, or Quick Search, provides access to ebooks, physical books, articles, and databases paid for By your Transy Library. It's a good place to start your search.
It will tell you what is available both online and on the shelves. Be sure to note the location, call number and whether or not the item is checked out. Click on the link above to search for items in our library catalog. For information on how to conduct a search in the library's catalog, watch the tutorial below.
Catalog Search Tip
Find a book related to your topic. Click on the title, then browse the Subjects links included in the record to “find more like this one”. Once you click on a Subjects link, you will be taken to a list of all the items in the catalog that share that subject heading.
Library of Congress Classification: Language and Literature
Find books on the library shelves by browsing the Library of Congress call numbers:
P87-96: Communication. Mass media
P94.7: Interpersonal communication
P95-95.6: Oral communication. Speech
P99.5-99.6 Nonverbal communication
P301-301.5 Style. Composition. Rhetoric
Find books NOT on our shelves
- WorldCat.org This link opens in a new window
Search materials in libraries all over the world. We can can almost always get what you need through ILL.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan allows you to request research materials (i.e. print book or article) from another library when Transy does not own what you need. Click on the icon above to request an item through interlibrary loan. You can also click on “Interlibrary Loan” under the “Quick Links” section in the bottom left corner of the library’s homepage.
Articles will appear in your email usually within 3-5 days. Books and other items will be mailed to the library. It might take two weeks or longer to receive a print book. Requested books through ILL will be held at the front desk. You will be contacted when the item arrives.
- How to submit an ILL RequestView a tutorial on how to get materials that the Transy Library does not have from other libraries by submitting a request for interlibrary loan.